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There is no legal remedy for LGBTQ students who claim they were discriminated against at their religious universities, an Oregon federal district court ruled in a high-profile case late Thursday (Jan. 12).

The new grant program honors the history of Black churches ‘while also investing in their physical permanence and financial sustainment into the future,’ an official said.

Clint Clifton, missionary and senior director of development for the North American Mission Board (NAMB), died in a plane crash in Dawson County, Ga., late Thursday (Jan. 12) evening.

In 2018, actor Chris Pratt told the audience at the MTV Movie & TV Awards that God is real and that God loves them. Now, over four years later, Pratt says that he “wouldn’t change a thing” about his speech. 

Videos that appear to show security guards at the Mall of America confronting a man wearing a t-shirt that says “Jesus is the only way” have gone viral on social media, sparking a debate about what it means to “turn the other cheek.”

After a victory over Big 12 rival Baylor, Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Jacie Hoyt led her Cowgirl team in a locker-room prayer. Saying she “promised that I would give God the glory,” Hoyt asked players to bow their heads before celebrating the win that improved their record to 12-4.

In Oct. 2021, Virginia pastor John Blanchard was arrested in a prostitution sting. While charges were tentatively dropped, prosecutors and police have been at odds over whether Blanchard should be brought to trial. 

Diane Langberg, author of "Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church," spoke with Religion News Service about the sex abuse crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention, what lessons she’s learned over the past five decades and why she keeps the faith despite the church’s flaws.